/*
 * Created on 19 Jun 2006
 * Created by Paul Gardner
 * Copyright (C) Azureus Software, Inc, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */

package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.utils.security;

public interface SEPublicKey {
    public static final int KEY_TYPE_ECC_192 = 1;

    public int getType();

    /**
     * Gets a generic encoded form that includes type identification information. So don't treat this as a raw encoding as it can only sensibly be
     * used to later import via SESecurityManager.decodePublicKey
     * 
     * @return
     */

    public byte[] encodePublicKey();

    /**
     * Raw encoding of the specific key type
     * 
     * @return
     */

    public byte[] encodeRawPublicKey();

    /**
     * Overridden to perform equality based on public key
     * 
     * @param other
     * @return
     */

    public boolean equals(Object other);

    public int hashCode();
}
